Video & Transcript Research : 'Native American'
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 23rd, 2025
Appropriations
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Oct 8th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- These maps show over time, with the yellow highlighting invasive or non-native species that have been
- Not all non-native species are considered invasive.
- Not all non-native species are considered invasive.
- Inspections are aided using dogs, X-rays for shipments, and looking for non-native species.
- Some non-native species are relinquished or rehomed at higher frequency than others, and non-native reptiles
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government convened with a quorum present and excused Senators Arrington and Pizzo. The committee first took up confirmation hearings for appointments on tabs 1 through 4, and Senator DiCeglie moved to recommend confirmation of all appointees together. The motion passed unanimously, and the appointees were favorably recommended.
The main presentation was from FWC Chief Conservation Officer George Wharton on invasive species management in Florida. He described the scale of the problem, including more than 500 non-native species reported in the state, and outlined FWC’s prevention, containment, removal, outreach, and research efforts. He highlighted risk screenings, the conditional/prohibited species framework, enforcement actions against illegal wildlife trafficking, and public programs such as the Florida Python Challenge, lionfish outreach, the Exotic Pet Amnesty Program, and the “I’ve Got One” reporting app. He also noted ongoing removal efforts for pythons, tegus, lionfish, and iguanas, and discussed new technologies and partnerships aimed at improving control efforts.
Members asked follow-up questions about FWC issues beyond invasive species, including the status of special activity licenses for threatened species and giant manta rays, the upcoming bear hunt, and whether the committee could help reduce barriers to invasive species removal on federal lands. Wharton said all SAL permits for threatened species are currently suspended pending Commission review, that Florida is on track for a bear hunt this December with 172 permits issued across four subpopulations, and that bear management is based on scientific data while urban bear conflicts still require separate management. He also said federal partners are increasingly cooperative on python control, including commercialization of hides, and that drones, sentinel snakes, robotic lures, and AI-based traps may improve future invasive species removal. Senator Sharief and Senator Burton later requested to be recorded as voting affirmatively on tabs 1 through 4, and the committee then adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Emerald Ash Borer obviously isn't native to Minnesota. It comes from China.
- According to national research, a third of Americans have gone without necessities like food or medicine
- Sixty-nine percent of Americans. who took out a payday loan did so in order to pay a regular expense,
- And then the year before that, as part of the American Rescue Plan, plus our regular LIHEAP funding,
- The top 10% of Americans hold 70% of U.S. wealth.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 04/28/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- A pillar of the American dream is the pillar of equality of opportunity. Equality of opportunity.
- invests their time and treasure has the same opportunity to make it big in America, to get to the American
- INVESTS THEIR TIME AND TREASURE HAS THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT BIG IN AMERICA, TO GET TO THE AMERICAN
- President, in my opinion, are the greatest American art forms. Argue with me if you wish.
- PRESIDENT, YES, THE QUESTION IS STILL THE SAME, IN THE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES SURVEY SCHEDULED TO GO OUT
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and adopted a resolution calendar with several exceptions before taking up a series of ceremonial resolutions and bills. Members welcomed student visitors from the YWCA of White Plains’ Voices Unfiltered Policy Program, then adopted resolutions honoring Senegalese independence and the Senegalese community, MWBE Advocacy Day, John Coltrane’s 100th birthday, the Sing Sing Prison Museum, I Love My Park Day, Animal Advocacy Day, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month, and Denim Day. Speakers emphasized cultural recognition, public service, environmental stewardship, animal welfare, rare disease awareness, and support for survivors of sexual violence; each resolution was adopted.
The chamber then moved through the regular calendar, passing a number of bills on broad roll-call votes. Among the measures approved were bills amending the Penal Law, Executive Law, Public Housing Law, Retirement and Social Security Law, Social Services Law, Environmental Conservation Law, General Municipal Law, Railroad Law, Election Law, Labor Law, and Public Service Law. Several bills passed unanimously or nearly so, while a few drew notable opposition, including a public health measure that passed 39-19 and the labor-related bill on ghost job postings that passed 39-19 after extended debate.
The most detailed floor debate centered on the Labor Law bill addressing “ghost jobs,” requiring employers with 100 or more employees to disclose whether postings are for current vacancies, expected future openings, or general resume collection, with Department of Labor enforcement and civil penalties. Supporters argued it would protect job seekers from deceptive postings; opponents said it was unnecessary, burdensome, and could invite litigation or penalties disproportionate to the problem. The Senate also debated and passed a bill expanding election-language assistance under the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act to Haitian Creole and Middle Eastern and North African communities, with supporters citing growing language-access needs and opponents raising concerns about scope and local costs. The Senate then adjourned until the next day.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Mon Apr 14, 2025, 11:30 AM HST - Day 50
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Why just Native birthing practices. Why just Native Hawaiians?
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Hawaiian avoid infringing on Native Hawaiian avoid infringing on Native Hawaiian - <01:12:29.760>
Hawaiian to persons practicing native Hawaiian to persons practicing native - native, traditional, and customary<01:26:44.719>
practices. - <01:28:56.880>
Hawaiian carved out rights for native Hawaiian carved out rights for native
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nominations of Dean Sauer, of Missouri, to be Solicitor General of the United States, and Harmeet Dhillon, of California, and Aaron Reitz, of Texas, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, all of the Department of Justice. Feb 26th, 2025 at 09:15 am
Senate Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- John then. and came back to his native St.
- Americans.
- Americans without college degrees.
- He's also Jewish, he's a Jewish American.
- American people have rejected it.
Keywords:
Department of Justice, nominations, Assistant Attorney General, civil rights, enforcement, committee discussion
Summary:
The meeting covered important discussions surrounding key nominations in the Department of Justice, specifically for the roles of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and the Office of Legal Policy. Various committee members took turns to express their views on the nominees, emphasizing the implications of their potential confirmation on civil rights enforcement in the country. Alongside the committee discussion, the nominees provided insights into their professional backgrounds and how their experiences align with the responsibilities of the positions for which they have been nominated.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Fri Apr 4, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 46
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As a parent, I don't like the statistic that guns are the leading cause of death among American children
- He carried a special love for the Native Hawaiian people, advocating tirelessly for the preservation
- <01:20:15.760>
love <01:20:16.000>for <01:20:16.159>the <01:20:16.320>Native - He carried a special love for the Native He carried a special love for the Native Hawaiian<01:20
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/14/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> So we can have Jennifer Smith share our native fiscal note with you so that it's unabridged and
- fiscal note with you so that our native fiscal note with you so that it's<00:14:12.760>
unabridged - What I'm concerned about is we have American companies that are owned by foreign entities.
- <01:11:42.400>
companies we have American companies we have American companies that<01:11: - many of these companies own American many of these companies own American entities entities entities
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We had no disparities in enrolling members of the Black community and some members of the Native American
- and most uh some members of the Native and most uh some members of the Native American<00:07:12.479
- Community with the exception of American Community with the exception of Elders<00:07:15.599>
so< - <01:09:30.080>
in preponderance of African-Americans in preponderance of African-Americans - <01:36:33.360>
or 1.3 million American or 1.3 million American or motans<01:36:35.440>
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That religion has a place in American civic society.
- I'm here representing myself. as a Texan, as an American.
- I'm a conservative native Texan, if you can't tell by my accent.
- I am a fellow of the American. Institute of chemists.
- Hello everybody, my name is Mariano Green, Mexican American.
Keywords:
Texas Education Code, public schools, school district, open-enrollment charter school, teacher speech, employee speech, biological sex, pronouns, gender identity, retaliation, discipline, workplace protections, school personnel, education policy, LGBTQ, transgender, charter schools, SB 965, religious speech, prayer
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 14, 2025 - 11:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- NOT ALL NON NATIVE SPECIES ARE CONSIDERED INVASIVE.
- IN INVASIVE SPECIES OCCURS OUTSIDE OF IT'S NATIVE RANGE AND CAUSES OR IS LIKELY TO CAUSE ECOLOGICAL OR
- IN THE STATE NON NATIVE SPECIES ARE RELINQUISHED WITH A HIGHER FREQUENCY THAN OTHERS AND NON NATIVE REQUIRE
- THEY ARE THREATENED SPECIES NATIVE TO FLORIDA.
- PLANTS THAT ARE IMPACTING THE NATIVE GRASSES THAT SUPPORT MANATEES.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 11, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that does a disservice to the American people who could benefit from... ...American people who
- That is insulting to the American people.
- Americans work hard for their money, and wasting Americans' paychecks on fraud is just unacceptable.
- Red, White, and Blue affirm that black Americans are Americans.
- If Americans coast to coast can't afford to Americans coast to coast can't afford to put gas in the car
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The Miami native finished the 2025 season with 3,535 passing yards and led the nation with 41 passing
- citizens and don't speak English as a first language, but they are American citizens.
- Many of them are American born. They love this country. Many of them marched in protests.
- Many of them are American born. They love this country. Many of them marched protests.
- Allie's a Tallahassee native, and you may recognize some of you.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and included several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, firefighters, and a doctor of the day. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and began taking up a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate measures before final passage. The first major bill, health care patient protection, required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, a pediatric emergency care coordinator, and readiness assessments; it passed 36-0. A public records bill protecting victim identities and temporarily exempting the name of a law enforcement officer who is a victim also passed after questions about access for victims of police misconduct, with a 33-4 vote.
The Senate next approved a local government cybersecurity bill creating a state-administered program through Florida Digital Service to help counties and cities strengthen cyber defenses, with priority for rural and fiscally constrained governments; after amendments, it passed 37-0. A clerks of court bill allowing clerks to retain all revenue above projections and, through a House amendment, revising legal notice and traffic citation distribution provisions, passed 38-0 despite debate over impacts on municipalities and law enforcement. The chamber also passed a trademark modernization bill and a septic system permit bill intended to reduce delays for builders; the septic bill was amended to align the House and Senate versions and passed 38-0.
The longest and most contested item was the elections bill, which updated citizenship verification procedures using REAL ID and state databases, changed candidate qualification rules, and altered election administration provisions. Numerous amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to exempt certain seniors, preserve student and retirement-center IDs, allow attestations in place of documentary proof of citizenship, and require human review over automated systems. One amendment to delay implementation until July 1, 2027, was also debated. The transcript ends while debate is still underway on the elections measure, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Military and Veterans Affairs Jul 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a native New Mexican Marine Corps veteran, and I'm Chair of the New Mexico Veterans and Military
- And that's the challenge: to get that out there because I would argue that this time in American history
- Baldwin very closely with our Native American Liaison, Beverly Charlie.
- I think that probably is due to the strong service tradition of our Native American sisters.
- So I walk into the American Legion, to which I belong, and they automatically assume I want to be in
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Citizen voting is the cornerstone of our American democracy.
- Had the ... allowed Americans to vote including the allowed Americans to vote including the inclusion
- <01:50:18.679>
with mandated by the American with mandated by the American with Disabilities - readily available, that number is nearly 11% among Americans of color.
- indicates that more than 9% of American indicates that more than 9% of American citizens<01:55:45.880
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- partnered with Great River Greening, the Minnesota environmental nonprofit, to engage our students in native
- We had a Native American student who had actually had to move away from her tribe to metro Denver.
- Um we had a Native American student who Um we had a Native American student who had<00:44:18.480>
- content work is attendance work, whether we're talking about literacy, math, climate and culture, or American
- the right side of the slide that this includes intentional cross-team collaboration with both the American
Keywords:
screen time, preschool, kindergarten, early childhood education, digital media, tablets, smartphones, educational technology, EdTech, classroom devices, publicly funded preschool, school policy, child development, special education, IEP, 504 plan, IFSP, Minnesota education law, climate literacy, education
Summary:
The committee first approved the previous day’s minutes, then took up House File 3776, as amended by the A2 amendment, which clarified how the bill would apply to students with IEPs and 504 plans. The bill’s author argued that Minnesota should address screen time for preschool and kindergarten students, saying current law is too broad, that young children are especially vulnerable to developmental and attention harms from screens, and that parents and teachers should have more control over device use. The bill was laid over after discussion.
Testimony on HF 3776 was split. Amanda Faye of Minnetonka Public Schools opposed the bill as drafted, saying it would conflict with existing academic standards, READ Act screening requirements, accessibility tools, and local control, and would force districts back to paper-based screening. Katherine Myers of Live More Screen Less supported the bill, citing concerns about early childhood screen exposure and arguing that screen-free time supports child development. Members raised concerns about local control, parental rights, and how to protect students who need devices for accommodations; the author and nonpartisan staff noted that schools can already adopt cell phone policies, but exceptions may be needed for certain students and uses.
After laying over HF 3776, the committee began House File 3557. Representative Craft introduced the bill as a voluntary program to promote practical science education and workforce development tied to climate literacy, including a proposed Minnesota Seal of Climate Literacy for high school students. The bill was only introduced before the transcript ended, with no vote or final action recorded on HF 3557.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/05/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I'll point in the packets, I think there's a letter from American Cancer... section the Star Tribune
- <00:05:28.039>
Cancer There's a letter from the American Cancer Society. - lot more sense, and the importance of this, the idea of having, I call it, care coordination—the American
- The American Cancer Society letter suggests we call it patient navigation, and I think we're all talking
- Except for medical providers and health insurers, this language can even feel foreign for native English
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EIG-TCA, EIG Public Hearings 03-25-2025
Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, but we did feel like the list could improve, uh, as far as Native Hawaiian representation.
- So, we're working with the Native Hawaiian Communications Firm, Pakai, to really find the appropriate
- Um, but we did feel like the list could improve, uh, as far as Native Hawaiian representation.
- So, we're working with the Native Hawaiian Communications Firm, Pakai, to really find the appropriate
- So, we're working with the Native Hawaiian Communications Firm, Pakai, to really find the appropriate
Summary:
The joint Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs and Committee on Transportation, Culture, and the Arts heard several resolutions, with most public testimony focused on Senate Concurrent Resolution 159 and Senate Resolution 129, which urge continued U.S. support for the Ukrainian military. Testimony on those measures was largely opposed, with witnesses arguing Hawaii should prioritize local needs such as homelessness, infrastructure, and cost of living over additional aid to Ukraine; one support testimony was noted from the Democratic Party of Hawaii. Despite the opposition, both committees recommended passage with technical, nonsubstantive amendments, and the recommendations were adopted.
The committees also considered transportation-related resolutions. Senate Concurrent Resolution 182 and Senate Resolution 152 would initiate a summer streets pilot program, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 200 and Senate Resolution 180 would ask AMPO to coordinate a transportation management training program. Testimony on the summer streets proposal included support and opposition, with one witness saying community input should be gathered through existing district and community meetings rather than creating a pilot. The training-program measure drew opposition from a witness who argued it would add unnecessary bureaucracy. Both pairs were recommended for passage, with the summer streets resolutions passed unamended and the training-program resolutions passed with technical amendments.
In the Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs committee, Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 and Senate Resolution 14, concerning relocation of the Pearl City post office to Navy property, were recommended for passage with technical amendments. The committee also heard extensive testimony on Senate Concurrent Resolution 136 and Senate Resolution 150, which call for a geothermal energy working group. Supporters included the State Energy Office, PUC, consumer advocate, and others, though the energy office asked to move the report deadline to 2027. Opponents raised concerns about cost, health impacts, environmental risks, and Native Hawaiian representation. The chair proposed amendments to add a Native Hawaiian member, the consumer advocate, and the House and Senate energy committee chairs, clarify participation by utility, geothermal, and nonprofit representatives, and extend the report deadline to 2027. The resolutions were then recommended for passage with amendments, and all recommendations were adopted before adjournment.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to thank the American laws for no, I want to thank you Thank the American laws for, no, I want
- religious traditions are incompatible with American law.
- Anglo-American religious traditions are incompatible with American law, and it turns religious freedom
- Americans.
- Americans.
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the journal, received House messages and first-read a large number of bills, then moved through several Committee of the Whole calendars. On Calendar 2, SB 1419 on solar energy inspection contractors was amended with a Carroll floor amendment and passed; a Sundareshan amendment aimed at requiring utilities to shield residential ratepayers from costs tied to large loads such as data centers was debated at length, but failed on a 12-15 division. SB 1498 (Department of Public Safety appropriation) and SB 1502 (unlawful flight/reckless endangerment) also received do-pass recommendations. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, and the Senate later rejected an attempt to add the failed data-center amendment to the report by a 13-14 vote.
On Calendar 3, the Senate advanced SB 1165 (insurance cost sharing for breast exams), SB 1206 (storm-related insurance claims), SB 1212 (health insurance reimbursement rates for vaccines), SB 1215 (firefighters’ occupational disease/workers’ compensation), SB 1290 and SB 1291 (agricultural property notices/classification), and SB 1347 (fertility preservation coverage), with committee amendments adopted on most of them. A Warner substitute floor amendment to SB 1347 was adopted to address insurer concerns by allowing prior authorization with a 72-hour processing requirement and clarifying storage-cost responsibility. The Senate also retained SB 1503 on the calendar.
On Calendar 1 and the additional calendars, the Senate advanced SB 1013 (public employees merit hiring), SB 1108 (cash transactions and rounding, with an emergency clause added), SB 1178 (naturopathic physicians), SB 1186 (document retention/proposals/donations), SB 1286 (veterinary visits and prescriptions), SB 1366 (commercial buildings and telecommunications), SB 1431 (municipal design prohibitions), SB 1671 (gaming/racing/boxing conflict-of-interest continuation), SB 1004 (ESA students’ interscholastic activities), SB 1116 (AHCCCS access/claims review/behavioral health), SB 1162 (health care institution licensing complaints), SB 1179 (group home monitoring), SB 1475 (school district governing boards/eligibility), SB 1821 (DCS training and child placement), and SCR 1012. Several floor amendments were debated and adopted or rejected, including a Kavanaugh emergency-clause amendment to SB 1108, a failed Sears amendment to SB 1178 on prescription drug price gouging, a failed Sundareshan transparency amendment to SB 1186, a failed Kavanaugh amendment to SB 1286 on veterinary prescriptions, a Gowan amendment to SB 1366, a Payne amendment to SB 1077, a Carroll amendment to SB 1479, a Petersen amendment to SB 1566, and an Angius amendment to SB 1018 expanding the definition of foreign law to include certain harmful practices. The Senate adopted the Committee of the Whole reports and properly assigned the bills after each calendar.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- We're voting to build houses for the next generation so that people can experience the American dream
- a last-minute issue with this bill: sometimes legislators wish to request public records in their native
- She was a Native American who fought for her country, and I feel that the naming of this highway should
- We've already lost four great Americans.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, guest introductions, and recognition of Arizona School Board Association members and local school board representatives visiting the Capitol for Advocacy Day. Members also honored the House Doctor of the Day, Dr. Heather Serran, and approved the journal and attendance. The chamber then moved through a large number of Senate messages and House calendar items, including committee assignments and first and second readings of many bills.
A major floor action was the unanimous adoption of SCR 1054 honoring former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, followed by remarks remembering his public service and consumer-protection work. The House also agreed to return SB 1278 to the Senate for reconsideration and referred several House bills to an additional Committee of the Whole for further amendment. In Committee of the Whole, members considered and advanced numerous bills, including HB 2055, 2150, 2426, 2456, 2457, 2728, 2755, 2918, and 2923, with several floor amendments adopted. HB 2728 drew the most debate over Department of Economic Security continuation and added policy changes affecting SNAP, unemployment, and eligibility verification; after a divided question and recorded vote, it received a do-pass recommendation by 32-25.
The House also advanced HB 2134, 2142, 2289, 2290, 2331, 2379, 2397, 4026, and 4033 in later Committee of the Whole sessions, with discussion focused on school safety funding and governance, school board training, HOA disclosure reforms, tax sourcing clarity, and bond disclosure language. Several bills were retained on the calendar, including HB 4041, HB 2444, HB 4018, and HB 4070. In final third-reading votes, HB 2053, HB 2327, and HB 2416 passed; HB 2175 and HB 2492 failed; and HB 2805, which would make school board races partisan, was under debate at the end of the transcript amid strong arguments both for and against increasing partisanship in school board elections.